Kim Ji Su/ Is it a good idea to live with relatives?

 

Is it a good idea to live with relatives?

 

           Living with relatives might be heard as awesome news for some students.

We meet relatives mainly on national celebrating days such as, Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day.

So when we meet relatives we gather around and chat and have a good time.

Therefore when you hear the word relatives it will give you images of playfulness.

However I would recommend those who are willing to live with their relatives to reconsider that idea.

           I'm currently living with my youngest aunt. She is the youngest daughter

 from my mother's side of the family and she is 7 years older than me.

When we lived separately, I always enjoyed playing with my youngest aunt.

 She was pretty, young and we had similar taste on fashion and food.

So when my mother asked if it's okay for me to stay with my aunt, I said "YES!" without any hesitation.

         However things got ugly after she moved in with us. I never had the chance to know the real side of my aunt before.

After living together, her nasty habits really tortured me. She always nagged at me since I was the youngest in the family.

She never washed her dishes, and she always borrowed my clothes.

 It really made me angry and felt sorry for myself to be caught in such kind of situation.

It was a hasty decision to decide one's personality through his/her behaviors that are only shown between the relatives.

 It is a hard job to find out one's real personality unless you live with them.

However I hardly think it's a good idea to live with relatives, because it is better not to know.    

201101068 ChaiHyeon Nah/ The Best Place to Live In/ Mon 9-11am

The Best Place to Live In

 

           When it comes to the problem of picking the best place to live in, I would definitely choose Blacksburg. This small countryside town is located in Virginia of the United States. It is not a big city, but it is very convenient to live in. For example, there is a pretty big square where all the markets and restaurants are located, so that you can always do small shopping or watch movies. Moreover, there are some great schools in Blacksburg: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg Middle School, and KIPPS Elementary School. These are all qualified schools with great facilities and teachers. But the best thing about this small village is its wonderful nature. Since it is located in high above the Mountain Rocky, the air is always very fresh. There exist a big cow farm and a horse farm—during the winter, with snow covering the most parts of the farm, it looks like a pretty village in Swiss! I had a great opportunity to live here during 2005 to 2006. I believe Blacksburg is the best place to live in and how can I possibly forget this beautiful town!

ANYeonju_Thebestjobforme

The best job for me

 

 

     Although my parents say the best job is the highest salary job, I want something different than money from my future job. First, I want a job where I can use my academic knowledge. I studied English, Russian, French, foreign literature, devoting my whole college life to it. Why did I? Because I believe it helps me to be a useful person in the society: my family, my school, my country, and humanbeing. I don't want to abandon my agile academic sense, chosing a job, not related to my mojor and my interest. I hope to work in the foreign literature and art field, as a translator or teacher, so that I can adapt what I've learned and studied. Second, I think a job should give me enough free time to enjoy my life. A job is just a part of my life, not my life as a whole. I need spare time to relax, read interesting books or magazines, see films, meet friends, travel, and go swimming. To satisfy my desire, I found I shouldn't work more than four days a week and leave from the work at six in every evening. Since I know well it is hard to get a job with that condition, I am thinking about working as a freelancer. Third, I want a job where there is a good boss. I think a good boss is a person who has higher competence than me, so he or she can teach me how to work well. Since I have several experiences working under stupid managers, I found meeting a smart and competent boss is crucial in working life. I don't want a person who bothers me with their mistakes and clumsiness as my boss. I want a boss who are perfectly professional, so he or she can be a role model in my career. Likewise, I want to get a job, that I can use my knowledge, gives enough spare time and where I can work under a good boss.  

Lee Myungjae/ Are pets good companions?/ Mon12

 

 

 

What Are Pets to Us

 

 

   I definitely think that pets are good companions to everyone. They teach us many valuable things as well as comforts us emotionally. First, we can better understand the nature by raising pets. For example, when I raised hamsters, I had to leave them for 3 days because of a family trip. Worried about their food, I filled the bowl with enough feed and water before I left. However, when I got back, I was so shocked to find that the mother hamster ate her kids. "Mom! The mother hamster were so hungry that ate her kids!!" I ran to my mother crying, but what she said was also surprising. She explained that if hamsters faced with an unusaul environment, they tended to eat their kids to protect them. She added that it was because they thought to kill their kids by themselves were better than to let them die under more dangerous situation. I couldn't understand her words thorougly at that time, but at least realized that some animals could kill their kids not because they were cruel but because they tried to save them. Even if it looks absurd to human, that's the way how they adjust to the changed environment. That was totally a new lesson to me. Furthermore, when we take care of pets, we naturally grow a sense of resposibility. In my experience, when I raised rabbits with my sister, we cleaned up their cage every satureday. It was a tiring thing to do and removing their droppings was not a pleasing work at all. However, we never skipped it even once because we didn't want our cute rabbits to get sick in a dirty, smelly space. The love for pets made us more resposible and considerable. Finally, pets are always good partners no matter how we feel. Personally, I was given a great comfort from my rabbit. Pretty frequently when I felt gloomy, I went out for a walk with my rabbit on my shoulder. I walked and walked for a long time with her. She didn't say a word, but I felt that she was there so vividly beating her heartbeats. And whenver she made little moves on my shoulder, I felt tickled but happy. The strong feeling that she was being alive with me made me so peaceful and comfortable. In many cases, we cannot deny that pets are good teachers and partners to us. They always gives us a wonderful experience.

 

 

 

 

Sora Kim/The best age to get married/Mon 9~11

When is the marriageable age?

 

 

           According to the report, marriageable age is in early 30s in 2011. More women want to get married later. Because most of them want to work and they think marriage stands in the way of promotion. But is it true? I think mid 20s is the best age to get married. First, mid 20s is the best age to have a baby. According to the obstetricians, mid 20s is the most perfect body to have a baby. Because of the risk of miscarriage and birth children with disability will decrease. So she can have a healthy baby. Second, mid 20s is the best age to raise a baby. It is good for mom and baby. Most of women think having a baby early will not help her career. Actually it isn't. In that age most of women have low position in her workplace. So she doesn't have any pressure on maternity leave or day off. As her position in workplace higher, her child older that doesn't need parents' help anymore. So it helps women's career. And child could have young mom who can understand easily because the age gap isn't big, so she just like a friend to child. Third, marrying in that age is good for rookie women. Like I said, most of women start their job. As a first step into the real world, they will get hurt and so much stressful. Then her husband will stand by her. And he will become a pillar of hope for his wife. Mid 20s is the best age to get married. It's good for herself and baby.

 

Wansoo Cho/ Are dogs good companion?/ Mon 9`11

 How many family do you have? If somebody ask me this question, I say 8 family without any hestitation, among which 3 out of 8 are our dogs. I'm not a pet lover but I'm sure dogs are our best friends than any other animals. There are 3 reasons for my arguments. 

 First of all, dogs have loyalty which come from their real hearts. They do not lie to human and always show respects any time, any where. For example, when  I'm home, my lovely dogs always come for me and delightly welcome.

 Next, dogs give us education. You might wonder what lessons they can give. That's natural because dogs don't directly give those like human. For instance, when my dog care their puppies, I can feel her motherhood. Sometimes I come to think of  dogs as small human.

 Finally, dogs protect us from danger. Actually this is not all the case for all the dogs , however at least they have instinct to guard their family.

 Some might argue dogs are irritating. Barking loud, noisiness ... However that's not enough to just say they are not our companion. Just think about human. Probably they are more likely to dirve your nuts. Just a thing alone that dogs are always around us is enough to say they are our good friends. 

Opinion writing

 

<Child Obesity>

 

Obesity is becoming a huge problem in today's society.

The problem of child's obesity is especially increasing these days.

Most people think child obesity is happening because too much fast food is prevalent throughout the society.

 

However the fundamental reason for this problem lies on the children's parents.

These days, both parents have their jobs remained after the child is born.

Having a dual income may be beneficial to the household's monetary system. However it gives bad influences on their children's eating habit.

After mom and dad goes to work, a child who is left alone consider what he or she will have for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

 

Since parents don't wish their kids to starve, they usually give a substantial amount of money to the kids to order any kind of food he or she wants to eat. This leads children to have habits of eating unhealthy food: fast food usually.

This is because most of the delivery food contains high amount of salt and fat which is very bad for our health.

Also children prefer to eat spicy and sweets which usually have no nutrition needed for the body.

In addition, because working parents cannot keep their children to have their eating time regularly,